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Majority happy with "moral" laws: Poll

Sun 3 Jul 2005 In: New Zealand Daily News

A Herald DigiPoll asking New Zealand voters their opinion on a number of "Moral Issue" laws recently has shown that people are generally happy with these legislative changes, and that "Moral Issues" are not high on most voters' list of concerns. Among the question asked of participants, was whether they were happy or unhappy with "the way the law allowing civil unions is working". 46 per cent said they were happy and 35.7 per cent said they were unhappy. A further 18.1 per cent said they didn't know or refused to comment. Only 5.4 per cent rated "Moral Issues" as the most important issue for them. Other legislation mentioned in the poll questions included anti-smoking laws and the Prostitution Reform bill. Despite polled voters being mostly "happy" with civil unions, a smaller number of couples than expected have taken up the opportunity, most of them same-sex. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters used these figures in his comment on the poll results, claiming it proof of the government's "gay marriage agenda” and claiming it so unpopular with the nation that "now it seems even the gay community doesn't want it". Since the bill became law, 74 couples have solemnised civil unions. Ten of these couples are heterosexual, according to Internal Affairs data.    

Credit: GayNZ.com News Staff

First published: Sunday, 3rd July 2005 - 12:00pm

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